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THE 

SOUNDLESS 

SOUND 

By 

THE TEACHER 

of 

gtyr Wvbtt of ti?r 15 



Transcribed by 
HARRIET AUGUSTA CURTISS 

and 

F. HOMER CURTISS, B.S., M.D. 

Secretary of the Order 




THE CURTISS BOOK COMPANY 
PUBLISHERS- LOS ANGELES -1911 



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Copyright by 

F. HOMER CURTISS, M.D. 

1911 



PRESS OF BROWNE & CARTWRIGHT 
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Dedication 



HE VOICE 
has spoken. 
To those 
who can 
hear and 
in whose 
hearts an echo of the 
Soundless Sound has 
thrilled, this little book- 
let is dedicated. 




44 Out of the silence that is 
peace a resonant voice 
shall arise. . . . Listen to 
the song of life. Store in 
your memory the melody 
you hear. Learn from it 
the lesson of harmony/ ' 

Light on the Path, ii. 



44 God thundereth marvel- 
ously with His voice; great 
things doeth He, which we 
cannot comprehend. " 

Job xxxvii:5. 



Foreword 



It 



HIS little book comes to 
you, dear reader, as a mes- 
senger winged with the 
love of the Master Who 
would gather His children 
from the four winds. 
f To all who are yearning for love 
and understanding, who are weary 
of waiting for the eventide when the 
Master shall walk in His garden in 
the cool of the day to meet His dis- 
ciples, this little booklet is sent. 
<I It comes as a cooling breeze at twi- 
light after the heat and toil of the day. 
It comes as the song of birds piping 



their goodnight to the toil-worn. It 
comes as a messenger of Peace, speak- 
ing to such hearts as can hear, bring- 
ing to them the assurance that in the 
mid^l of the toil and disappointments 
and weariness of life there is a surg- 
ing undercurrent of Power and Peace 
sweeping all humanity onward and 
upward, drawing them closer to the 
Heart of Love. 

<I This little book is but a tiny rill 
from the Fountain of Life. If it but 
fill with cooling drops the cup of one 
weary wanderer fainting in the Desert 
of Life, it has fulfilled its mission. 
*I It is ca^l upon the Waters of Life in 
Love, Compassion, and Tru^l, know- 
ing that it will accomplish that for 
which it is sent forth. 



THE SOUNDLESS SOUND 



The Soundless Sound 




YE seekers for the Way! 

Ye whose ears are yet 

deaf to the Soundless 

Sound! 

<I To you comes a mes- 
sage from all the spheres through 
which the Spirit of Life Eternal 
presses onward, pulsating, rising, fall- 
ing, beating the outward form into 
nothingness that the immortal Spirit 
of all things may be revealed to you, 
the Soundless Sound. 
<I Why hear ye not? 
<I Ye are so eagerly listening to the 
sounds that are without, to the babel 



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of outer happenings, to the babel of 
your thoughts, 

<I Man's thoughts are the world's 
babel in miniature. 

<S That which should be a deep flow- 
ing river of consciousness is but the 
babble of a shallow brook. Ye are 
wont to babble mentally, to hold 
mental conversations about the triv- 
ial occurrences that have impinged 
upon your consciousness from the 
outer manifestations of life. As the 
constant drip of water wears away 
the solid rock, so this waited force 
exhausts the brain and Stultifies the 
spiritual consciousness as would con- 
tinued chatter of trifling things. 

•I Alas, how oft these mental conver-| 

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sations are of matters unmentiona- 
ble in outward speech! 




NOW ye not that aimless 
mental activity forms a 
shell about you shutting 
you away from the Voice 
of God which should 
speak in your heart ? 

<I The first lesson for ye who seek to 
consciously enter The Path is to con- 
trol the currents of your thoughts. 1 

<I Until the mind is controlled and 
entertains only that which you de- 
sire you ^lill live in the world of 
sensation, sftill seek the True within 
the false, the living among the dead. 

*$ Know ye not that all outward seem- 



1 See Lesson on The Path, 



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ing, altho but an illusion born of the 
senses, is nevertheless a covering or 
veil that hides the True? a dark-lan- 
tern within which the Shekina glows? 

OOK throughout Nature. 
You find not one perfedt 
or complete creation. Not 
one blossom is without 
defedt, one tree without 
its dropping leaves and dying 
branches, its gnarled and crooked 
trunk or other imperfections. Not 
one blade of grass but has some flaw, 
is eaten by some insect or dies for 
want of moisture. 

<B Nothing in all Nature is perfect. 

<S Yet &and upon the mountain-top 
and view the scene outspread before 
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you. The landscape has many minor 
defedts if examined closely. Not one 
form is perfedt or complete, yet as a 
whole they present a pidture that is 
grand, inspiring. How your heart 
thrills with joy unspeakable! 

«I "How wondrous! Behold the 
handiwork of God." 

<I You know the thorns are there, yet 
the rose breathes love and joy. 

<I What in this imperfedt world of 
Nature speaks so di&incftly, so per- 
sistently to your heart? It is 

THE SOUNDLESS SOUND 

that Divine Power which lies veiled 
behind all the imperfections. 



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OOK into the hearts of 
men, into the hearts of 
your chosen companions. 
There again you will find 
many, many defecfts. 



<I Who has found a perfedt human 
being? 

1 Who has found one personality in 
whom all ideals are fulfilled? No 
more than you have found one leaf 
without blemish in all Nature. 

*& Why can ye not look upon human- 
ity and feel the same warm thrill of 
love ye feel for imperfedt Nature? 
Why criticize and condemn your f el- 
lowman more than the herbs of the 
field? 

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•I Through man's free will he has 
created and is responsible for all Na- 
ture's imperfedtions. A Divine Ideal 
defledted by the prism of man's mis- 
conception. A literal working out of 
the prophesy: "Cursed is the ground 
for thy sake; thorns also and thistles 
shall it bring forth to thee." 2 

<I It is this law, altho unrecognized, 
which makes you condemn your f el- 
lowman, overlooking your own 
share in creating these conditions. 

<I You listen not to the silent Voice 
of God, the Voice of the Silence, hence 
do not recognize your own creations. 
You close your ears to the Soundless 
Sound that is speaking through all 
Nature, and within the hearts of all 
your fellow pilgrims; that is singing 

2 Genesis iii. 1 5 



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within the hearts of your friends, yea, 
and your enemies also. 

<I Ju^t as the ineffable charm of a land- 
scape appeals to you in spite of its 
defedts, so should you recognize the 
Soundless Sound speaking through 
you in no uncertain language, even 
though imperfections be apparent. 

<I Meditate upon this thought in your 
dealings with your fellowmen. 

*Sl Many, with all their hearts, believe 
there is a Divine Power manifesting 
through humanity, yet, alas, how f ew 
there be who seek or recognize it! 

ANY believe that by much 
experience, much prayer, 
arduous struggle and pa- 
tient endurance, one day 
they may hear the Voice 
speak to their hearts, pointing out 

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their next ^lep in evolution; perhaps 
speaking in admonition; perhaps say- 
ing: "Well done, good and faithful 
servant, enter thou into the joy of 
thy Lord." 

<I How few realize that the voice of 
humanity is in reality the Voice of 
God, but in quite a different sense 
from the usual interpretation of "Vox 
populi, vox Deus!" 

<I Through every heart, in spite of its 
defedts and failings, back of the per- 
sonality which maybe obnoxious, be- 
neath and beyond is the Voice of God 
speaking. And this Voice is the one 
Voice in all, making humanity one. 

<I "Call it by what name you will, it 
is a voice that speaks where there is 
none to speak— it is a messenger that 
comes, a messenger without form or 

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substance; or it is the flower of the 
soul that has opened." 3 

<I It speaks to you from the lips of the 
prattling babe, from the eyes of the 
weary toiler or from the mouth of the 
reckless, the profligate or the fallen 
siller. Back of every manifestation 
of life on this plane of being Stands 
Divinity. 

f Until you have learned this lesson 
you cannot pass on. 

«I Until you recognize Divinity speak- 
ing to you from every other atom of 
humanity; 

<I Until you have ceased to seek out 
your brother's mistakes; until you 
have ceased to look for his short- 
comings and failings; ceased to meas- 
ure his corn by your bushel of human 



1 8 3 Light on The Path, Part 1. 



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frailty and have found how to use 
God's measure instead; 

<I Until you have ceased to listen to 
the many voices of the world and be- 
gun to listen to the one Divine Voice 
manife&ing through all humanity as 
through Nature, you will never hear 
the Silent Voice within. 

MID the rolling fields and 
wooded hills, while lis- 
tening to the symphony of 
Nature sounds— the song 
of bird, the drone of in- 
sedt, the ru&le of leafy bough, the tin- 
kle of brook or boom of sea— you are 
uplifted and stirred by a sense of The 
Divine surrounding you and coming 
close. You have caught a glimpse of 
Divine Consciousness. Your Soul 




responds to the Soundless Sound. 



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<I When your Soul thrills with the 
same oneness as you contadt your f el- 
lowmen you will then have ceased, 
at leaSt in a measure, to listen to the 
many and hearken to the One. 

fl Then are you ready to come into 
Truth; to find Truth and understand 
that it is the foundation of all things; 
that underneath and within the inner- 
most sandtuary of all manifestations 
of life is Divine Love. 

*§ Then will you know that this is not 
a world of confusion, of Strange and 
mysterious happenings, but a world 
of Law and Love, a world of mani- 
fold expressions of Deity. Then and 
then only are you ready to listen to 
the Voice which speaks to you in the 
Silence, the Soundless Sound. 

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<I Then will you realize that you need 
not desert the haunts of men, live in 
the wilderness, mortify the flesh, live 
on roots and herbs, quench your 
thirst at the mountain streamlet. Your 
opportunity will confront you 
wherever you are placed. You will 
find great joy ministering to each 
atom of humanity you meet. You 
will have found the One in all. Then 
will the Voice become the daily 
Friend, the everlasting Counselor, 
the Prince of Peace, the God of Love 
within your heart. 




O HEAR this Voice no 
psychic or occult powers 
are needed, altho in time 
it will manifest in a def- 
inite way on the psychic 



and mental planes. 



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<I This Voice you so eagerly desire 
mu& fir^t be heard and recognized in 
all things ere it can be condensed and 
manifest consciously in your heart, 
for 

^ This animating principle of Divin- 
ity speaks to you in no uncertain 
tones on every plane of Being. Make 
it pradtical. 

<I You mu^t dwell with God ere you 
can think God's thoughts or respond 
to the vibrations of His Soundless 
Voice. 

<I The physical is the lowest plane of 
manifestation. If you are deaf to the 
Voice upon the physical plane and 
think to hear it upon the psychic or 
mental planes it may seem to fail you 
altogether. 

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q Or you will find yourself listening 
to antral voices which are ever ready 
to fulfill that which you desire. But 
such voices ultimately lead astray, 
even though expressing lofty senti- 
ments at fir^t and giving apparent 
good counsel. 

NOW ye not the condi- 
tions of life in which you 
find yourself are those 
be^l fitted for your Soul- 
growth? 

q Be true O Soul and dare to sftand in 
the inner sandtuary of your heart and 
face yourself. Know that you, too, 
sometimes vibrate falsely, yet within 
are true. 

q Recognize this and at once you 
will recognize the true within each 

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Soul, even those who, because of vi- 
brations not in harmony with Truth 
as revealed to you, are neither pleas- 
ing nor helpful. 

<I Learn to pass such Souls by, but 
without condemnation, learning your 
lesson. 

f If they express what is opposite to 
Truth as seen by you, learn to express 
more Truth because of their example. 
From them learn to send forth 
stronger vibrations of Truth. Only 
thus can you help them, never by 
condemnation. 

<J Let each Soul vibrate to its own 
center, as you vibrate to yours. In 
the Grand Man, as in the human body, 
there are many centers. Perfect har- 
mony means each atom vibrating to 

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its own center while all respond to the 
One Life. 

<I Then shall you know the Psalm of 
Life. Then shall the sacred joy, the 
great peace that comes to those who 
live with Truth, enter into you. 

NHARMONY is self-pro- 
duced by your unwilling- 
ness to let each live his 
own life. Learn well this 
lesson. 

<I Then shall the Soundless Sound, 
which echoes in each heart and makes 
all the world akin, sing to you of 
gladness. And it will say that only 
as you forget self, let the little personal 
self be swallowed up in the Great 
Self, 4 can you become a conscious 
note in the great symphony. 

4 See Lesson on The Self. 25 




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<I Only when you find your greatest 
joy in bringing happiness to others, 
not seeking how to be happy, how to 
be loved, or how be^t to live close to 
the Divine for yourself alone, only 
then can real abiding happiness and 
close companionship of the Voice be 
yours. 

<I Then will you find that the sorrow 
and misery of life which so oppressed 
you has been swallowed up in a com- 
prehension of the great Plan of Re- 
demption. Give thanks for every ^lep 
that has brought you to the realization 
that you are a conscious f adlor in this 
great work. Because of this Voice you 
have learned to know and love, you 
can enter the hearts of others, 
can enter into the joy of the One Life. 
It is not your brother or siller who 

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brings this joy to you, but the One 
Voice in the Soul of all. 

JEED le^l having reached 
this ^lep you go astray; 
le^l in the zeal of self- 
sacrifice you seek to bear 
all burdens that others 
may go free. 

<I Be ju^l fir^l to yourself that you 
may be ju^l to others. 

<I Know well the burdens of all Souls 
are sent in Love. Deprive them not 
of the strength they bring, le^t, alas, 
for lack of the burden you would bear 
they should lose the prize. 

<I Discriminate between justice and 
selfishness. 

<I Say not in presumptious pride that 

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you will bear all suffering. Say rather 
you will uplift the world by being 
better and happier yourself. 

ISERY, like happiness, is 
contagious. To be miser- 
able is but to increase the 
misery of the world. The 
Psalm of Life which you 

seek to bear is not a wail of misery, 

but a paean of joy. 

<I Through thoughtless selfishness 
perchance you bring sorrow to an- 
other and go your way, sharing it 
not. But you cannot bring one joy, 
even to the leasT: of your brethren, 
that your own Soul is not filled with 
the same joy, yea, a greater joy, for 
the joy you feel is the joy of the One 
Life surging through the universe. By 
your own effort you have opened a 

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door and permitted it to flow through 
you. You have sounded a note on 
the great Harp of Life and its vibra- 
tions will never cease. They shall 
spread from sphere to sphere and open 
to you the Melody of the Divine, the 
Soundless Sound. 

«| Therefore we are not all one in 
sorrow, for sorrow is not im- 
mortal and has no existence in the 
One Life. It belongs wholly to earth, 
is one of the imperfections of separ- 
ated existence. It mu^t pass away. 
Ju^t as every imperfection in Nature 
will be transmuted as the Divine is 
defledted less and less by man's im- 
perf edt prism. " Sorrow may endure 
for a night, but joy cometh in the 
morning." 



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ANY who have lo^l a dear 
companion feel it a mel- 
ancholy duty to shut their 
hearts away from joy and 
dwell in sorrow. This, 
instead of pleasing the departed, keeps 
them from the joy awaiting them. 
The voice of The Christ is continu- 
ally saying: "Rejoice in the Lord 
alway: and again I say, Rejoice.' ' 

*$ If you would hear this Voice in the 
conditions of earth, strive to awaken 
it by deeds of loving-kindness. Ju^l 
the natural little kindnesses that bring 
joy into life. Also watch that your 
features take not on a doleful ex- 
pression, or of superiority, pride and 
condescension. 

<I A joyful countenance will brighten 
the day for many a weary Soul. 

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<I Should sorrow or misfortune over- 
take you turn your mind to the joy 
of the One Life, away from the petty 
worries that are barriers to its mani- 
festation. 

HEN, little by little, you 
have learned to hear the 
Soundless Sound in the 
hearts of all creatures in 
the physical world, then 
will it begin to manifest in your men- 
tal world. It will take form in your 
heart, will cheer and comfort you. 

*& When you have listened to and 
obeyed the God within, the Higher 
Self who is one with all will make 
his own Voice heard. 



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HE mind is the slayer of the 
self, but the Voice is the 
slayer of the mind. Only 
Spiritual Sound can quiet 
the voice of the mind 
when it ref ledls the confusions of 
earthly thoughts. Only The Christ 
walking upon the troubled waters of 
your life can say: " Peace, be Still." 

«I This is the PentacoStal Flame that 
reSts upon your head. As it mani- 
fests all defedts are consumed. It 
burns away the barriers of the flesh 
that separate you from humanity, per- 
mitting you to see the Divine in all. 

*I In the mental world the Flame 
burns out the thought of personality, 
that the Real Self may manifest. 

«I In the spiritual world the Flame be- 

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comes the All-Seeing Eye, the 
Shekina, the Star of Inititiation, the 
Light which shall guide you into that 
peace which passeth understanding. 

<I You no longer think of this Divine 
One Life. You live it. You become 
it. You enter into the Silence and be- 
come the Voice itself! 

YE seekers who are one 
with all that is! Know ye 
not that the power is yours 
to awaken Divine Har- 
mony in life? 

fl Into your hands is given the Harp 
of Life, whose Strings give forth the 
seven creative notes. Strike the 
Strings aright! Its tones are all joy 
and love and oneness. 




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«I Learn to play upon this Harp as you 
would learn to play an instrument of 
earth. FirSt learn to Strike one note 
true and clear, then chords, and 
finally melodies and symphonies. 
Your Divine Teacher is ever present. 

§ If in your heart there comes a 
shadow of gloom or sadness, turn 
away and sound a note of joy in some 
other heart and yours shall be filled! 

<I Look today out over the world and 
sound a melody of joy and gladness! 

<I Strike the chords! Listen to the 
Soundless Sound that sweeps with 
divine melody through your heart! 



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exalts no personality and imposes no 
authority except that authority inherent in 
Truth. 

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